Don't Fear The Reaper

Don't Fear The Reaper by Lex Sinclair

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the bloody
murders took place and found the body of the Paul Dickens in the bathroom, his
throat cut.
    The homicide/suicide crime has shocked the local community. “Nothing
like this has ever happened in this quiet town to anyone’s knowledge,” PCSO
Daniels said.
    Bob Harris (55) who phoned the police said, “I can’t fathom it for one
second. In all the years I have lived next to Dickens family, I have never
suspected any violence or shouting matches. Paul Dickens built me a brick wall
for my back yard and an alcove for my barbecue. He never once showed any signs
of distress, anger or bitterness. He looked like a different person when I saw
him with that axe and called out to him. The Paul Dickens I knew would never
have ignored me or even considered doing what he did. My thoughts and
condolences are with the rest of the family at this time.”
    Police have started an investigation. Colleagues, who for legal
reasons cannot be identified, have made statements claiming, “Paul hadn’t
spoken hardly a word all week and was very distant; not at all like his
usual-self.”
    Nobody quite knows or understands the momentary act of sheer madness
and rage. It is that element that makes the crime, apart from the murders
themselves, the most unsettling and horrid.
    Superintendent David Atkins said this: “Although these murders and
suicide are as gruesome as they are tragic, no one really knows what goes on
behind closed doors. It appears that the perpetrator, Paul Dickens, had some
kind of mental breakdown and acted in haste and out of character. The news has
devastated our quiet, pleasant community. I am deeply saddened by this macabre
occurrence, as are the friends and acquaintances of the Dickens family.”
    It has been reported that when the bodies are released the family will
be buried together on the same plot. Paul Dickens’ remains will be buried
separately.
     
    *
     
    Reverend
Perkins was sitting in his vicarage residence, watching TV while he ate a beef
roll before packing some of his clothes and heading to his sister’s home in
Bristol.
    A news reporter who couldn’t have been any older than twenty-five with
high accentuated cheekbones and solemn expression that diminished her beauty
stared right at him through the camera lens. ‘ Yesterday morning at 8:54am an Ohio State student who moved to the U.S. fourteen years ago from the U.K. has reportedly ended his all-night rampage. Armed police chased suspect, now
identified as Lucas Thompson, down to the high school behind me where he took
position in an abandoned building across the street and proceeded to shoot
students as they filed out of the school bus. He also murdered two armed
officers before being gunned down.
    ‘The rampage which commenced around four a.m. yesterday by the
eighteen-year old assailant ended on this street. Five other students that
cannot be named were also injured; two in critical condition.
    ‘It is believed that in total, Lucas Thompson, has killed 31 innocent
people. The killing spree started in an all-night gymnasium. Police are
investigating footage of Lucas locking the front entrance, and firing at
BodyTalk’s customers. From there he used his semi-automatic to gun down a group
of women emerging from a nightclub before moving on to pedestrians and early
risers.
    ‘There is no concrete explanation as to what the reason was that
induced Lucas Thompson to take his father’s licensed guns from the safe in his
home and proceed the way he did. Although some, students have made similar
statements that indicate that Lucas “believed he’d been chosen by the Death
itself to give as many souls over to the dark side.” Another student said,
“Lucas said the end of times was pending.” Prior to these murders, the student
believed Lucas to be talking nonsense, and merely “attempting to scare him.”
    ‘More updates will follow this tragic happening that has enraged
citizens of Ohio and America, pleading with the government for “gun

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